On May 8, a much-anticipated fourth round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) began between Shandong Taishan and Qingdao, in what has been dubbed the "Qilu Derby". Shandong Taishan took a two-goal lead in the opening eight minutes, quickly establishing their dominance in the game and beating Qingdao 2-0 to remain undefeated.
Qingdao was relegated to the Central League in the 2013 season, but returned to the Premier League last season. Unfortunately, due to the grouping, the two teams were unable to meet in the 2020 season, making the classic "Qilu Derby" not possible until this season. Before the match, the posters of the two teams were themed on the derby, with the "mountain" of Taishan and the "sea" of Qingdao mirroring each other, which triggered a lot of discussion. In addition, the players of the two teams have a lot of intersections in their past resumes, and they are very familiar with each other, so this game also carries a bit of warmth.
However, the long-awaited derby was decided in just eight minutes. Shandong Taishan rewrote the trend of the game with two headers. In the 6th minute, Ji Xiang sent a precise cross, Wu Xing Han header broke the goal, Shandong Taishan 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, Wu Xinghan again created a threat, Guo Tianyu header broke the goal, Taishan 2-0 to extend the advantage.
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The defense is not good enough.
Analyzing these two goals, it is not difficult to find that Qingdao is not disadvantaged in terms of the number of defenders, but the two times they were broken by the opponents, there are obvious problems with the staring deployment of the defenders.
The first loss of the ball, Qingdao players pay more attention to the middle Guo Tianyu or Fellaini, while the second loss of the ball, there are three defenders in the penalty area, but no one on the Taishan players to carry out close staring and interference, defense out of position obviously.
Qingdao's record this season is actually quite good, with a 2-1 win over Cangzhou Lions, a 0-0 draw against Shenzhen, a win and a draw in the first round against the two teams that received massive reinforcements before the season, and a 0-1 defeat against Guangzhou City in the third round. In the first three rounds, Qingdao's defense was quite solid, and the sudden exposure of defensive problems in this round may be related to physical exertion as well as weather conditions. Compared to other teams in the same division, Qingdao's strength is not superior as they play more defensively in their matches. As the tournament progresses, the physical exertion brought by long-term defense is more obvious in Qingdao's players, such as foreign forward Radonic who showed his fatigue less than 20 minutes into the game.
Meanwhile, compared with Suzhou, Guangzhou has higher temperatures due to its latitude, which puts higher demands on players' physical fitness. The game was played at 33 degrees Celsius, and Qingdao's Gao Xiang's jersey was soaked to the skin by halftime. I am afraid that the decline in physical fitness is one of the reasons why Qingdao's players made defensive mistakes in the game.
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How do you limit a fast horse on the edge?
Wu Xinghan was directly involved in both of Taishan's goals in this game. In addition to his contribution to the offense, Wu Xinghan actually limited Qingdao's attacking assistance from the side, because of his speed advantage, Qingdao's wingbacks did not dare to press up to assist in the attack for fear of being counterattacked by Wu Xinghan after the team lost possession of the ball. With less assistance from the sides, Qingdao's offense was already in a disadvantageous position in terms of numbers, and the threat naturally dropped dramatically.
In the second half, Liu Binbin, Zhang Qi and other speedy players were back in the lineup, and Shandong Taishan kept insisting on suppressing Qingdao's speed. If not for the Taishan team to get two goals early lead, the goal of the game has been adjusted to the minimum cost to get three points, with the repeated impact of the side and Fellaini, Guo Tianyu high support, I am afraid that the score will not just stay at 2-0. Standing in the position of a slightly weaker side, how to crack the opponents in the speed and even physical suppression, is also a key issue to get points.
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Staffing constraints, deep holes that are hard to fill.
Qingdao undoubtedly dug themselves a "deep hole" by falling behind by two goals in the opening 8 minutes, but with Qingdao's current staffing, facing Shandong Taishan's title contending team, the team did appear to be somewhat incapable of reversing the situation. First of all, at the command level, Wu Jingui, the director of the physical illness, can not field command, performance in the game, is from 8 minutes after two goals down, to the 36th minute between the first substitution adjustment, the team in the end in the end is not very clear whether to attack or defend.
Personnel level, Alessandrini, Zhou Junchen and other very rich offensive characteristics of the players for various reasons still do not have to play, so Qingdao in the situation of backwardness also lack of counterattack of the back work. Even in the more difficult situation, Qingdao team still in the second half of the game at the beginning of the replacement of Zhu Jianrong, this substitution almost harvest miraculous effect. But in the case of their own strength itself is not superior, if you can not grasp the limited time, then want to equalize the chances of the score is still too low. After all, even with Guoan's ability to control the midfield, in the situation by the harbor after two consecutive goals, and ultimately can only swallow the bitter fruits of defeat. Instead of a relegation team without solid strength, the reversal will only be more difficult.
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Violent fouling. It happens all the time.
Before the start of this round of matches, the CFA issued a series of penalty decisions against violent fouls, but this did not effectively curb the momentum of violent fouls. Qilu derby in the 79th minute, the veteran Zhu Ting replaced the physical exhaustion of Gao Xiang, but Zhu Ting less than 5 minutes after coming on the field, because of stamping on Song Long, by var intervention, by the referee Shi Zhenlu direct red card penalty. Zhu Ting's red card is the fourth direct red card in this season's Chinese Super League, but compared to the previous three, Zhu Ting's red card occurred in a goalless situation, and therefore I am afraid that will get a more serious punishment.
From the moment he was shown the red card until the end of the match, Zhu Ting appeared to be less than understanding of the referee's decision. After the match, he made a continuous statement through his personal social account, he first apologized to Song Long and said that he never intended to hurt the opponent. Zhu Ting also said, "I can't help the troops I also retired, no longer disgrace the troops!"
Another important information in this occurrence of Zhu Ting is that Zhu Ting's father is currently in the hospital preparing for a surgery, but his related statement made it difficult for fans to understand and even criticized. In response, Zhu Ting once again posted a response, emphasizing that he did not see Song Long's position and did not step down.
It's worth noting that a timely apology is often seen as an act to mitigate or salvage an adverse social impact, but Zhu Ting's back-to-back statements can hardly be said to have achieved a similar effect. Whether Zhu Ting's actions and words were appropriate, I'm sure the CFA Disciplinary Committee will give its judgment. From the team's point of view, it is necessary to strictly control the non-combat attrition in the case of the original personnel is not too sufficient. The more difficult the team's situation, the team's unity and discipline often largely determine the fate of the team, which is every team, especially the relegation team needs to summarize and learn from the experience.
